Ecosia🇩🇪
The search engine that plants trees. Privacy-friendly search powered by renewable energy.
Grade DFree Tier
Google Search Alternatives
7 privacy-focused alternatives to Google's Google Search
Why switch from Google Search?
Google Search tracks your searches, creates detailed profiles, and uses this for targeted advertising. Creates filter bubbles.
The alternatives below are privacy-focused services based primarily in the European Union, offering better data protection and transparency.
Learn more about Google's data practices
Data Collection: Google typically collects extensive user data including usage patterns, device information, and behavioral data.
Jurisdiction: As a company based outside the EU, your data may be subject to different privacy regulations and government access requests.
Your Rights: Under GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, and delete your personal data. European alternatives often provide stronger default protections.
How to Switch from Google Search
Migration guides for Google Search are coming soon!
In the meantime, explore our available guides .
7 tools found
MetaGer🇩🇪
German non-profit metasearch engine with anonymous proxy, 96-hour data deletion, and open source code
Grade BOpen Source
Mojeek🇬🇧
Independent UK search engine with its own 9-billion-page crawler index and strict no-tracking policy
Grade FFree Tier
Qwant🇫🇷
French privacy-focused search engine with contextual ads and no user profiling
Grade FFree Tier
SearXNG🇪🇺
Privacy-respecting open source metasearch engine that aggregates results without tracking
Grade AOpen SourceSelf-HostedFree Tier
Privacy-focused search engine that delivers Google results without tracking or profiling users
Grade DFree Tier
Swiss family-safe search engine with semantic technology and servers in underground Alpine data centers
Grade DFree Tier